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Cowboys veterans reflect on a opportunites lost

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Year after year, Cowboys tight end Jason Witten has faced the cameras after his team’s demise. But Witten said he didn’t have the same feeling after the Cowboys lost 31-14 to the New York Giants on Sunday.

“It’s just different,” Witten said. “This team had the right guys….I believe in the guys in this room. We’ve just got to play a lot better football.”

Cowboys linebacker Bradie James agreed and said Dallas squandered an opportunity seize control of the division in December, when it began a downward spiral that continued until New Year’s Day.

“It’s tough to explain,” James said. “We wanted to be playing our best ball going into the playoffs if you have that opportunity and December is when it really does count. We weren’t able to put it all together. I hate it. We’ve got such good guys on the team.”

But in the final weeks they weren’t good enough, as Witten and James knew all too well.